Rhode Island Department of Education
Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Transportation in Photosynthesis

State Standards: GLEs/GSEs

LS 1 :All living organisms have identifiable structures and characteristics that allow for survival (organisms, populations, and species)

National Standards:

Context of Lesson:

Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.

Opportunities to Learn:

Depth of Knowledge

Prerequisite Knowledge: Understand process of photosynthesis, understand that water is necessary for photosynthesis, familiarize students with plant anatomy

Plans for Differentiating Instruction

Accommodations and modifications

Environmental factors

Materials


Objectives:

Instruction:

Opening: Review parts of plant. Ask questions about functions of different structures leading into specific parts (xylem,roots,leaves,phloem) that function in transportation of water and nutrients in photosynthesis. Provide a handout that diagrams plant parts and ask students to draw arrows along the path where they think water and nutrients travel.


Engagement: Set up lab expeiment with carnations. Critical thinking handout where students hypothesize about what they think will happen with the dyed water.*students will make observations over several classes*


Closure: Students will discuss/share their hypotheses with classmates. (think-pair-share)

*after completion of the lab students will have to review hypotheses and attempt to explain observtions/results. Show a video clip of movement of water throughout the plant.
water transport


Assessment:




Reflections

(only done after lesson is enacted)

Student Work Sample 1 – Approaching Proficiency:

Student Work Sample 2 – Proficient:

Student Work Sample 3 – Exceeds Proficiency: